Street care
Street care
Litter collection and disposal and reporting problems.
To report:
- litter (including litter hotspots on the A1 or A19)
- leaves
- grit
- debris
- heavy littering
- dumping
Telephone: 0345 600 6400
Litter collection
Northumberland County Council has a legal duty under the Environmental Protection Act 1990 to act as the litter authority for Northumberland.
This responsibility includes:
- street cleaning
- litter collection
- removal of detritus
- fly-posting
- graffiti
- fly-tipping on public land maintained by the council
A1 and A19 litter removal
Northumberland County Council is responsible for removing litter and detritus from all 'A' roads in Northumberland. This includes the sections of A1 and A19.
Our responsibilities mean we will remove litter from the verges and central reservations. We try to do this at least once a year.
If there is no pavement or safe access, these works will often be carried out at night, unless permission has been granted to carry out lane closures.
To deal with the challenges of safe working on high-speed roads at night, we work in partnership with A-one+, the Highways Agency contractor, to carry out staff inductions, allowing our cleansing teams to take advantage of scheduled traffic management and lane closures already arranged by A-one+.
Cleansing programme
A regular cleansing programme is carried out on highways, pavements and other council-owned areas, depending on which areas take priority.
This is based on requirements set out in the code of practice on litter and refuse 2006, including types of land, zoning, response times and responsibilities of authorities.
Accurate and systematic monitoring of street cleanliness is constantly carried out to identify when and where litter problems are likely to occur. A procedure will be put in place to maintain standards.
Maximum effort for street sweeping is concentrated in the high-volume town centres. More outlying areas require less effort to keep them clean.
Experience has highlighted 'hot spots' throughout the area which need extra attention for example during periods of high leaf fall.
In addition to the street sweeper, the council uses street vacuum cleaners and a range of mechanical sweepers.
Street care & cleaning service documents
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